Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,872
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$22,128
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,906
Colorado costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Colorado — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$93,000
Kept after tax
$70,872
Worth in national money
$69,906
State rank
38
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Colorado pays this job a middle wage of $93,000, 38 of 50 states and about 3.79% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Colorado. It ranks 112 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $93,000, take-home of $70,872 is worth roughly $69,906 in national money. The average lands at $91,990, below the middle of the range.
- Colorado's $93,000 median for postmasters and mail superintendents places it 38 of 50 states, about 3.79% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within Colorado, postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 112 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for postmasters and mail superintendents, whose median is $93,000, the adjusted figure of $69,906 differs little from $70,872 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $91,990 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,740 |
| This salary | $93,000 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Colorado | $70,872 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,256 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,508 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $88,190 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,990 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $93,000 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $72,090 and the ninetieth is $109,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Colorado's $70,872, worked from $93,000. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 112 of 491.
- Two cautions on $69,906, the adjusted value of that $93,000 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Colorado. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 112 of 491 locally.
- The Colorado median of $93,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $72,090 to $109,740. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Colorado take-home of $70,872, on $93,000 for work ranking 112 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 112 of 491 in the state.
- This $69,906 adjusted figure, worked from $93,000, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 112 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 112 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $72,090 at the bottom tenth to $109,740 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $69,906 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Colorado's own levy, $70,872 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($72,090 to $109,740) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Colorado rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Colorado's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $69,906 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $70,872 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Colorado income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.